Changes in physical activity and health outcomes in a population-based cohort of mid-life Australian-born women

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 682-687

  Guthrie, Janet R ^a   Dudley, Emma C ^a   Dennerstein, Lorraine ^a   Hopper, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0031474481     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01780.x     Document Type: Article

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